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The Music of Chance

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Informationen zum Autor Paul Auster was the bestselling author of 4 3 2 1, Sunset Park, The Book of Illusions, Moon Palace and The New York Trilogy . He and Spencer Ostrander collaborated on Bloodbath Nation. In 2006, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature. His other honours include the Prix Medicis Étranger for Leviathan , the Independent Spirit Award for the Screenplay of Smoke , the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Burning Boy , and the Carlos Fuentes Prize for his body of work. His novel 4 3 2 1 was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. His work was translated into more than forty languages. His final novel, Baumgartner , was published in November 2023. He died on 30 April 2024. Klappentext '' By the time Nashe understood what was happening to him, he was past the point of wanting it to end . . . '' Paul Auster fuses Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka and The Brothers Grimm in this brilliant and unsettling parable. Following the death of his father, Jim Nashe takes to the open road in pursuit of a ''life of freedom''. But as the money runs out he finds that his sense of disillusionment has only been compounded by his year on the road. However, after picking up Pozzi, a hitchhiking gambler, Nashe finds himself drawn into a dangerous game of high-stakes poker with two eccentric and reclusive millionaires. ''A rare experience of contemporary fiction at its most thrilling.'' New Statesman Vorwort Paul Auster's unsettling tale of chance and gambling from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy : 'a literary voice for the ages' ( Guardian ) Zusammenfassung Paul Auster's unsettling tale of chance and gambling from the author of contemporary classic The New York Trilogy: 'a literary voice for the ages' (Guardian) Paul Auster fuses Samuel Beckett, Franz Kafka and The Brothers Grimm in this brilliant and unsettling parable....

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Authors Paul Auster, Auster Paul
Publisher Faber & Faber
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 05.01.2006
 
EAN 9780571229079
ISBN 978-0-571-22907-9
No. of pages 217
Dimensions 126 mm x 196 mm x 15 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

Poker, USA, United States of America, USA, Card games: Poker, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Gambling / Table, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Card Games / Poker

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